Linux-audio-dev August 2009

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by Damon Chaplin

Hi, I've been having problems with a few LADSPA plugins recently, so I've written a little test app that loads all LADSPA plugins, connects the ports and runs them for one cycle. (I've attached it here.) I've run it on the plugin packages I have installed, using valgrind, and the results are: amb crashes blop memory errors (patches sent for some of the errors) calf memory errors in Flanger & MultiChorus plugins caps memory errors in 3 plugins cmt memory errors (patches sent) fil OK ladspa memory errors in Sine plugin (mismatched free/deletes) mcp OK rev OK swh crashes tap memory errors in 5 plugins vco OK Note that not all memory errors are bugs, but most are. (There's also a chance that my test app is buggy, rather than the plugins.) I've sent a few patches for cmt and blop, and will probably try to track down the bugs in a few other packages. If others want to help (especially the owners of the above packages!) that would be good. Damon

14 years, 8 months

List archives

by Arnout Engelen

Hi, There seem to be several archives of this list: http://lalists.stanford.edu/lad/ as linked to and searchable from http://lad.linuxaudio.org/archive/lad.html and http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-dev/ as linked to from http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev/ Additionally, there's search functionality at http://www.linuxaudio.org/search/swishmail/ .. and another, not very convenient archive at http://www.linuxaudio.org/mailarchive/lad This is a bit confusing. Perhaps we should replace the references to the archive hosted at stanford with references to http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-dev and http://www.linuxaudio.org/search/swishmail http://www.linuxaudio.org/mailarchive/lad is kindof neat, so I wouldn't want to propose doing away with it, but in its current form it's not too useful either: a 'thread view' of a whole month instead of only a single day would make it much better. What software is backing this? Perhaps we could upgrade/improve it. Regards, Arnout

14 years, 8 months

Re: [LAD] Python and MIDI orientation for a project

by Carlos Sanchiavedraz

Maybe I should start with the Alsaseq python package and HelperMudule, but I would like to have Jack MIDI so I'll give MidiDings a try. But remembering the field "Midi driver" on Qjackctl config I wonder, if it is set to alsa_seq you can see AlsaMidi ports on JackMidi tab, could it be better to choose Alsaseq python package because you could also have your MIDI port on JackMidi? (at least for a first release) Am I missing something? 2009/8/3, harryhaaren(a)gmail.com <harryhaaren(a)gmail.com>: > Hey, > > Just to say, I think this is mainly related to Lin-Audio-Dev, so I wont be > sending to lin-user in furthur replies.. > > And on the topic for a second, python bindings exist for MidiDings, a > module that can use both AlsaSeq & Jack Midi. > I have a very limited amound of experince with it, as i found the AlsaSeq > python package to be much simpler to use. > (It does however not support Jack Midi.) Might i suggest to use AlsaSeq > first if this is your first Python/Midi project, > despite there only being a few demos/tutorials for AlsaSeq, its a great way > to get acces to the Alsa Sequencer. > > AlsaSeq also has a "Helper-Module", called alsamidi, which helps creating > messages in a generic & easy way without > getting your hands dirty in Midi bytes, commands & the likes. (it comes > with the AlsaSeq tarball, so you'll get it automatically.) > > Cheers, -Harry > -- Carlos "Sanchiavedraz" * Musix GNU+Linux http://www.musix.es

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Re: [LAD] Python and MIDI orientation for a project

by Carlos Sanchiavedraz

You're right Harry. I succumbed to the temptation to reach to more people at the same time :). I'm replying on LAD. //On my mobile device. Sorry for top-posting and any mistakes 2009/8/3, harryhaaren(a)gmail.com <harryhaaren(a)gmail.com>: > Hey, > > Just to say, I think this is mainly related to Lin-Audio-Dev, so I wont be > sending to lin-user in furthur replies.. > > And on the topic for a second, python bindings exist for MidiDings, a > module that can use both AlsaSeq & Jack Midi. > I have a very limited amound of experince with it, as i found the AlsaSeq > python package to be much simpler to use. > (It does however not support Jack Midi.) Might i suggest to use AlsaSeq > first if this is your first Python/Midi project, > despite there only being a few demos/tutorials for AlsaSeq, its a great way > to get acces to the Alsa Sequencer. > > AlsaSeq also has a "Helper-Module", called alsamidi, which helps creating > messages in a generic & easy way without > getting your hands dirty in Midi bytes, commands & the likes. (it comes > with the AlsaSeq tarball, so you'll get it automatically.) > > Cheers, -Harry > -- Carlos "Sanchiavedraz" * Musix GNU+Linux http://www.musix.es

14 years, 8 months

How well do thinkpad notebooks work for audio?

by hollunder＠gmx.at

It feels like my several year old PC will crap out soon for one reason or another, so I need a replacement, better sooner than later. This time it should be a laptop and I heard that formerly IBM and now Lenovo thinkpads are of good build quality, even if they only come with intel CPUs and cost an arm and a leg. So, do you have any experience with those for audio work? I'd be most interested in the T and R series and more recent models. Also helpful would be some data that's impossible to find on websites: - What chipsets are built in? - do the usb buses and the like share interrupts with something nasty like graphics? Helpful commands to gather that data: cat /proc/interrupts lspci lsusb Thanks in advance for any help. Regards, Philipp

14 years, 8 months

Re: [LAD] FFADO Contact Needed

by Jonathan Woithe

Hi Alex > Adrian, > Not sure what you are referring to regarding "Jonathan's email?". This would have been the email that I sent to yourself, Adrian and (for his reference) Pieter on 29 July 2009 to follow up on your initial post to LAD. > Could you send that to me so I can see what it is about? Here it is again for your reference. ==== I received this via the CCed mail from Adrian Knoth (thanks Adrian!). It appears to have originated on LAD at some point but I somehow missed the initial post there. Possibly it got lost in amongst the intense discussion that's been going on over the last few days. :-) > > I have tried the contact form on the FFADO website and through the email > > address provided in the contact pages at the SourceForge.net project > > page to > > I wonder why Pieter Palmers (head) has not already contacted you. > > Find his address CCed in this e-mail. I also CC Jonathan Woithe in case > Pieter is on vacation, I haven't heard from him for weeks. Pieter's been fairly quiet over the last few weeks - I think he's been fairly busy on non-FFADO related things. Anyway, I have no idea what your original query was since the mail from Adrian didn't seem to include that information. If you want to point me to the original or just forward me your query I'll do my best to address it. ==== This is the email what Adrian would be referring to. On 31 July 2009 I sent another followup to your original LAD posting. This one went to yourself and the list: ==== On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:42:02 you wrote: > I have tried the contact form on the FFADO website and through the email > address provided in the contact pages at the SourceForge.net project page > to no avail. I'm not sure where else to ask except here. Are any of the > FFADO developers on this email group that can provide a contact email that > will garner a response? I *think* I responded to an email later in this thread, but in case it was missed feel free to contact me off-list about whatever it is you were wanting to ask and I'll attempt to help you out. ==== I am very keen to talk to you about whatever information you require about the FFADO project. Please drop me a line off-list and we can work through it. Regards jonathan

14 years, 8 months

a forward re: a JACK performance problem

by Dave Phillips

Greetings, Sorry for the forward. Kim Cascone sent this message to the LAU list, but I think it needs the Eyes Of LAD. His email is kim(a)anechoicmedia.com. AFAIK he does not sub to this group. Here's Kim's text: ********************* my config: Dell Studio Ubuntu 9.04 rt kernel 2.6.29.4-rt15-rt jackd version 0.116.1 tmpdir /dev/shm protocol 24 Ardour 2.7.1 (built from revision 4296) USB iMic audio interface KOrg nanoKontrol cpufreq-set - both cpu's are set to 2.0GHz and userspace I'm trying to get Jack and Ardour set up/optimized for my fall tour I'm using the rt kernel as stated above my Jack settings are 44.1kHz: frames 512: periods 5 latency is not a huge issue for me since I'm only playing back audio for a live mix situation and xruns in Jack seem to be tamed to 0 during playback my Ardour session is 30 minutes in length, has 8 tracks of audio, and the fader levels are assigned to the nanoKontrol everything works fine for the session except at some random point after playing for a while I get a single short burst of AM sideband noise, like I'm multiplying the audio on the mix buss by another audio signal it doesn't happen (so far) more than once per session and it doesn't seem to be correlated to anything like mix buss levels or clipping on a single channel etc is there a setting in Jack that I'm overlooking or has anyone experienced a similar intermittent burst of noise in playback with similar Jack settings? or if this topic has already been discussed can someone point me to a link in the archives? I wasn't able to find anything on a cursory search ================ -- also, I started Ardour from command line when Jack wasn't running and I got three panels in the open dialog box -- one of them being a Audio Setup panel -- is there a way to see this panel after starting Ardour with Jack already running? *********************** Kim Cascone <kim(a)anechoicmedia.com>

14 years, 8 months

Re: [LAD] Fwd: Fw: Re: At the hands of Professor Keller and Raymond

by Patrick Shirkey

> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Patrick Shirkey > <pshirkey(a)boosthardware.com <mailto:pshirkey@boosthardware.com>> wrote: > > > > > This whole problem could have been solved if you had originally > provided Ray with access to the source when he asked for it, but > in essence you should be making your code available from the start > at a public location. > > > I did make the code available when he asked for it, as I've already > stated. My understanding of the GPL is that it is not essential to > post the code publicly, as long as it is made available on request. I > certainly did that. > Sorry, I missed this previous statement. In this case then I don't see how you have violated the terms of the GPL. If you provided the code when requested that should have been enough. I read in Ray's earlier posts on the issue that he had not received any code. > As far as I can tell, no parties in this group are damaged as a result > of our efforts to provide the fruits of our labors. If there are > developers who think they were damaged, they should write to me and > state the case, then we can try to resolve it. However, I must > speculate that this is very unlikely; we treat our developers as > colleagues, not as adversaries. > Certainly your own party has been damaged due to the controversy that has been stirred. However I don't see it as a permanent problem as it seems that Ray has made his point and you have come to the party and clarified the issue, even going so far as to publically release your latest version of the code on Source Forge, IIUC. Warmest regards. Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd

14 years, 8 months

Fwd: Fw: Re: At the hands of Professor Keller and Raymond

by alex stone

Just on a more serious note, amidst all this mayhem and frivolity, we forked a project recently to more specifically add and modify a set of tools for a defined purpose. Unlike this trainwreck, we not only tried our best to do so in a decent way, but the original author was thoroughly civilised about it, and showed a lot of class in his positive and encouraging responses. I certainly learned a lot from the process, and have even more respect for Chris (Cannam) as a result. It goes without saying that if Chris can use anything we write, then he's most welcome to do so, and has our encouragement as well. There's a way to do this that doesn't involve throwing digital hatchets or burning anyone at the stake. Alex. > www.openoctave.org > > midi-subscribe(a)openoctave.org > development-subscribe(a)openoctave.org > -- www.openoctave.org midi-subscribe(a)openoctave.org development-subscribe(a)openoctave.org

14 years, 8 months

Fwd: Python and MIDI orientation for a project

by Carlos Sanchiavedraz

I have notice I forgot to send this mail to LAD as well. Sorry :) Here it is. Of course, thanks in advance. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carlos Sanchiavedraz <csanchezgs(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 19:18:17 +0200 Subject: Python and MIDI orientation for a project To: linux-audio-user <Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org> Hi folks. I'm cooperating with a friend and fellow to improve his project related to wiimote. The project is Wiican[1]. In short, it is a tool (a system tray icon actually) that makes it easier to connect the wiimote and configure and create key mappings for use at your will. It's written in python and uses bluez, hal with dbus, wminput and cwiid. My goal is to add some layer in such a way that you can map wiimote events to MIDI. And maybe, to include it on the next improved release of Musix. So, in adittion to my researches on the subject and what I already know about MIDI CCs and so, I would like some advice and guidance about how to: - implement MIDI in python (which CCs are a must for you, create and send MIDI messages, libs, bindings, reference projects), - implement Jack and Alsa MIDI ports in python (libs, bindings, reference projects), ... and every other interesting information or experiences on this. Thanks in advance. [1] https://launchpad.net/wiican -- Carlos "Sanchiavedraz" * Musix GNU+Linux http://www.musix.es -- Carlos "Sanchiavedraz" * Musix GNU+Linux http://www.musix.es

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Linux-audio-dev August 2009